It does get a bit tedious listening to William Monk anguishing over his amnesia - almost to the point of whining. By the way, whoever wrote the publisher's summary in the product description obviously did not read the book-Monk's antagonist is his brain injury irself- that's what most makes this book worth reading.Ĭan an author present too much character development? If so, then "The Face of a Stranger" verges on such excess.
Even if you're not enough of a Perry fan to contemplate listening to the entire series, this first instalment has added interest due to the brain injury of the protagonist and a slightly earlier setting than Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. She is not a mistress of atmosphere like P D James, but Perry does consistently create better than average atmospheric light historical mysteries without graphic sex or violence and without too much of the dark side. They are engaging, with good setting details of Victoian England and fairly interesting characters. Every time I finish an Anne Perry mystery I wish she had edited the thing just once more to tighten dialogue or tidy plot points, but I keep downloading them. I'm very glad to see this first book of the Inspector Monk series on Audible.
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